Shirt packaging form



March 9, 1954 P. F. DANZIGER 2,671,581

SHIRT PACKAGING FORM Filed Nov. 24, 1951 I2 9 2 INVENTOR.

PHIL/P F DA/VZ/GEI? ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT PACKAGING FORM Philip F. Danziger, Milbrae, Calif., assignor to ltlarket- Industries 00., Inc., San Francisco, Calif., a. corporation of California Application November 24, 1951, SerialNo. 258,02?

Claims. 1.

This invention relates to a shirt packaging form, and more particularly to thetype of form employed in laundries for the packagingof collarattaohed laundered shirts, although the form may be employed for packaging of new shirts if so desired.

Summarizing the invention, the form comprises a base portion about-which thebody of a shirt may be folded in the'usuali mannena back panel hingedly connected tothe base portion and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of the shirt, acover parthingedlyconnected to the back panel and adapted to overlie the collar of the shirt, and a side panel hing'edly connected to each side edge of the'cove'r'part and adapted to overlie a side of the shirt collar. By such arrangement, a protecting box isprovided about the shirt collar when the form isset up. Each; of the side-panels preferably has means for interlocking engagement with cooperable means onth'e form'to maintain the side panel in an upright position relative to the'base portion when the form is" set up, to thus obviate collapsingof theco'llar protecting box. Also, the front end of each of the" side panels is preferably 'cons'tructedso'as to ba insertable underneath the cover part outside "of the shirt collar, to provide a supporting brace for the cover part, and thus maintain the protecting box relatively rigid.

From the preceding, it is seen that the invention has as its objects, among others, the provision of an improved shirt packaging form which when set up fully protects the-laundered collar of the shirt, which isstrong structurally so that it can be made out of relatively light material, which is of simple and economical construction, and in which the arrangement and construction of the parts is suchthat the form canbe rapidly and easily set up. Other objects of the invention will become apparent from a perusal of the following detailed. description.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the. inside face of the single sheet of material from which the shirt packaging form is made, and illustrating the same in blank form, before it is setup Fig. 2 is an isometric view of the: set upform of Fig. 1 without a shirt thereon;

Fig. 3 is-a fragmentary sectional elevation taken in a, lane indicated'by' line 3--3 in Fig.2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2" but looking at. the set up form from a different angle, and with a shirt folded. thereon.

The-form composed of a single sheet'of mate'fial' preferablypaperboard; but it may be made of any other equivalent material which can be creased, a'ndfolded to enable'the form to'be set up in the manner to be described. It has. an upper transversely extending crease line 2 and a lower crease line 3 parallel thereto. These crease lines may be score lines but are preferably so-called'cut-score lines'to facilitate folding along the lines. All other crease lines-subserquently described are also preferably of the cutscore type, unless otherwise: designated. The positions of the'variouscreases; panels and other parts of the form described herein are their positions in the set-up condition of the form.

Crease lines 2 and 3 divide the form into a base portion 4"which is generally'rectangular in shape and has substantially'parallel side edges 6, a back panel '5 hingedly connected to base portion t along crease line 3, and; a cover part 8 hingedly connected to back panel I along the creaseline 2. Base portion 4 is adapted to support the body of a shirt folded around the same in a conventional manner; and back. panel 1" is adapted to'befolded along the hinge connection formed by crease line 3, to an upright position relative to base'portion l, so as to overlie the hacker: collar 9" of the shirt outsideof' the collar to thus provide protection. for the back of the collar. In this connection, the spacing between the pair 'of crease linesZ and 3, is such. that back panel l when set up: is wide enough to accommodate the usual variations in the height of shirt collars;

Cover part 8 is adapted to" be folded along crease line 2 so as to be positioned; substantially parallel to'base portion 4, and thus overlie collar 9 of'theshirt-to protect the top-edge of the collar in the set up position of the form. It is provided with an inspection opening it to enable the laundry mark on the skirt to be readily'visible when the: shirt is packaged on the form.

The side edges of cover part 8: are defined by a pair of crease lines t2 extending transversely at a right angle with respect to both of crease lines 2 and 3-. Crease lines it provide hinged connections along'each side. edge of cover part: 8 for a side panel 13, each of which is adapted to be folded in an upright position. relative to: cover part 8 and base: portion 4 in the set up position of the form, to overliethe outer side'of the shirt collar. Thus, when the form is set up: with the shirt folded on base ortient, base portion 4'; back panel 1 cover part 8- and side panels t3 provide a'protecting' box enclosing the-outer sides of collar 9' as well as the back, bottom and top thereof to protect the same thoroughly;

It will be noted that each of crease lines I2 is spaced inwardly with reference to the associated side edge 6 of base portion 4, so that the width of cover part 8 between the side edges thereof defined by crease lines I2 is less than the width of base portion 4. As a result, in the set up position of the form, the bottom edges l4 of side panels l3 can engage the body of the folded shirt so as to be supported by base portion 4 to maintain rigidity.

To hold each side panel I 3 in an upright position so that cover part 8 will be prevented from collapsing when the set up shirt forms are stacked, means is provided on each side panel for interlocking engagement with cooperable means on the form. For this purpose, the rear end l6 of each side panel has a tab [1 in the form of a hook extending therefrom; each hook being adapted to interlock in an associated opening in the back panel 7. Each of such openings is formed by a cut line l8 leaving a hinged flap l9 which normally closes the opening in the blank form of the device.

Each out line I8 is so shaped as to permit ready insertion of the tab l'l into the opening and engagement of the book of the tab along edge portion 2| of the opening. The natural resiliency of the material, which tends to cause the side panels to swing outwardly in the set up position of the form, maintains fixed engagement of the hook on tab H in the associated opening of the back panel.

To provide enhanced rigidity, the front end 22 of each side panel I3 is so constructed as to be insertable underneath cover part 8 and outside of the shirt collar, in the set up position of the form, so as to provide a supporting brace for cover part 8 at each front corner thereof. For this purpose, a gusset type connection is provided between the front end 22 of each side panel i l3 and the front portion of cover part 8 adjacent such front end.

Each of the gusset type connections is formed by a diagonally extending crease line 23 on cover part 8, and a crease line 24 extending transversely across side panel I 3 and meeting crease line 23 at a point on crease 1ine 12. Thus, the front portion of each crease line l2 and crease line 23 form a triangular gusset flap 25 which can be folded underneath cover part 8 in the set up position of the form with the result that the front end portion 22 of each side panel I 3' becomes automatically tucked underneath the cover part 8 by virtue of the inward folding along transversely extending crease line 24, hence forming a supporting brace for the cover part at the front end of each side panel l3 in the set up position of the form.

From the preceding, it is seen that when the form is set up over the folded shirt, side panels 13 are substantially rigidly held and braced in upright position to maintain substantially rigid the above described protecting box. With sacrifice of rigidity, the above described bracing at the front of side panels 13 may be omitted, but it is preferred because of the greater strength and support for cover part 8 which it provides.

Preferably, the form is also provided with wings which are insertable between the parts of the fold of the collar. The front edge 3| of cover part 8 in the set up position of the form, is preferably arcuate in shape and has hingedly connected thereto centrally thereof a member 32, also arcuate in shape, which has laterally extending wings 33 adapted to be inserted between the parts of the fold of the collar in the set up position of the form; the wings 33 being separated from cover part 8 by arcuate cuts which define the front edge 3| of the cover part. Member 32 is preferably hingedly connected to the front edge 3| of cover part 8 by means of a tab 34 formed from parallel cuts 36 in cover part 8 and which is hingedly connected to the cover part along crease line 31, and to the wing member 32 along crease line 38. The described hinged connection of wing member 32 to cover part 8 provides a. very flexible connection between cover part 8 and wing member 32, to enhance ready insertion of the wings 33 within the fold of the collar.

To facilitate flexing or bending of wings 33 about the inner part of the fold of the collar when they are inserted within the fold thereof, a plurality of longitudinally extending plain score lines 39 are provided on the wing member 32, so that wings 33 can be easily flexed along such score lines to conform to the configuration of the collar. Score lines 39 are substantially parallel but because of the curvature of wing member 32, they extend substantially radially with reference to such curvature. With wings 33 inserted within the fold of collar 9, support for the collar obtains to maintain its shape; and since the sides as well as the back of the collar are completely enclosed within the previously described protecting box, the collar is substantially completely protected.

A tab 4! is preferably provided adjacent each front corner of wing member 32; and each of these tabs is hingedly connected to member 32 along a crease line 42. Tabs 4| serve the purpose of providing means for ready grasping by the operator to facilitate insertion of the wings 33 within the fold of the collar. During such operation, the operator bends the tabs along crease lines 42; and as a result, such tabs also serve as a means frictionally engaging the body of the folded shirt to maintain the wings in relatively fixed position. As usual in forms of the character related, a paper band 43 may be positioned about the folded shirt and base portion 4, to hold the body of the shirt in position.

I claim:

1. A shirt packaging form composed of a single sheet of paperboard having a pair of substantially parallel crease lines to provide a base portion to support the body of a folded shirt, a back panel hingedly connected to said base portion along one of said crease lines and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of said shirt, and a cover part hingedly connected to said back panel along the other of said crease lines and adapted to overlie the collar of said shirt; a side panel hingedly connected to each side edge of said cover part along a crease line extending transversely with respect to said first mentioned crease lines and adapted to overlie a side of said shirt collar whereby said side panels, said back panel and said cover part are adapted to provide a protecting box about said shirt collar, each of said transversely extending crease lines being spaced inwardly with respect to the associated side edge of said base portion whereby the width of said cover part is less than the width of said base portion so that said side panels can be supported by said bas portion in the set up position of said form, each of said side panels being free of substantial projection beyond the front end of said cover part, and the front end of each of said side panels and the front portion of said cover Part adjacent such front end having a gusset type connection enabling the front end of each of said side panels to be inserted underneath said cover part outside of said shirt collar to provide a supporting brace for said cover part.

2. A shirt packaging form composed of a single sheet of paperboard having a pair of substantially parallel crease lines to provide a base portion to support the body of a folded shirt, a back panel hingedly connected to said base portion along one of said crease lines and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of said shirt, and a cover part hingedly connected to said back panel along the other of said crease line and adapted to overlie the collar of said shirt; a side panel hingedly connected to each side edge of said cover part along a crease line extending transversely with respect to said first mentioned creas lines and adapted to overlie a side of said shirt collar whereby said side panels, said back panel and said cover part are adapted to provide a protecting box about said shirt collar, each of said transversely extending crease lines being spaced inwardly with respect to the associated side edge of said base portion whereby the width of said cover part is less than the width of said base portion so that said side panels can be supported by said base portion in the set up position of said form, each of said sid panels being free of substantial projection beyond the front end of said cover part, the front end of each of said side panels being insertable underneath said cover part outsid of said shirt collar to provide a supporting brace for said cover part, the rear end of each of said side panels having means for interlocking engagement with cooperable means on said back panel, and a member in front of the front ends of said side panels having laterally extending winginsertable within the fold of said collar and hingedly connected to the front edge of said cover part.

3. A shirt packaging form composed of a single sheet of paperboard having a pair of substantially parallel crease lines to provide a base portion to support the body of a folded shirt, a back panel hingedly connected to said base portion along one of said crease lines and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of said shirt, and a cover part hingedly connected to said back panel along the other of said crease lines and adapted to overlie the collar of said shirt; a side panel hingedly connected to each side edge of said cover part along a crease line extending transversely with respect to said first mentioned crease lines and adapted to overlie a side of said shirt collar whereby said side panels, said back panel and said cover part are adapted to provide a protecting box about said shirt collar, each of said transversely extending crease lines being spaced inwardly with respect to the associated side edge of said base portion whereby the width of said cover part is less than the width of said base portion so that said side panels can be supported by said base portion in the set up position of said form, each of said side panels being free of substantial projection beyond the front end of said cover part, the front end of each of said side panels being insertable underneath said cover part outside of said shirt collar to provide a supporting brace for said cover part, the rear end of each of said side panels having means for interlocking engagement with cooperable means on said back panel, and a member in front of the front ends of said side panel having laterally extending wings insertable within the fold of said collar and hingedly connected to the front edge of said cover part, said wings having spaced apart parallel score lines to facilitate flexing of said wings about said collar and also hingedly connected grasping tabs.

4. A shirt packaging form comprising a base part adapted to support the body of a folded shirt, a back part hingedly connected to said base part and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of said shirt, a cover part hingedly connected to said back part and adapted to overlie the collar of said shirt, and a side part hingedly connected to each side edge of said cover part and adapted to lie at the outer side of said shirt collar, each of said side parts being free of substantial projection beyond the front end of said cover part, means connected to the rear of each of said side parts cooperable with said back part to provide for rigidity of said form at the rear thereof, a member in front of the front ends of said side parts having laterally extending wings insertable within the folds of said collar and hingedly con nected to the front edge of said cover part, and bracing mean in addition to said latter member adapted to cooperate with said cover part adjacent the front of said cover part to provide for rigidity of said form at the front thereof.

5. A shirt packaging form comprising a base part adapted to support the body of a folded shirt, a back part hingedly connected to said base part and adapted to overlie the back of the collar of said shirt, a cover part hingedly connected to said back part and adapted to overlie the collar of said shirt, and a side part hingedly connected to each side edge of said cover part and adapted to lie at the outer side of said shirt collar, each of said side parts being free of substantial projection beyond the front end of said cover part, a tab at the rear end of each of said side parts for interlocking engagement in an opening in said back part with said side parts extending in planes normal to said back part, and a member in front of the front ends of said side parts having laterally extending wings insertable within the fold of said collar and hingedly connected to the front edge of said cover part, the front end portion of said cover part adjacent the front end portion of each sid part being provided with a diagonally extending crease line to form a substantially triangular gusset fiap adapted to be folded against the underside of said cover part to provide a brace for said cover part.

PHILIP F. DANZIGER.

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